This standard is maintained by XBRL International, an international non-profit consortium of approximately 450 major companies, organizations, and government agencies around the world. It is an open standard, provided free of license fees, and is already being used in numerous countries.
Combined with âstep-upâ authentication, context-based authentication optimizes a layered approach to access security by assessing user login attributes and matching them against pre-defined security policies. When security policies are met, users are granted immediate access.
Authentication is a process in which the credentials provided are compared to those on file in a database of authorized usersâ information on a local operating system or within an authentication server. If the credentials match, the process is completed and the user is granted authorization for access.